Highlights•Exploring diversity in microbial lignin degradation.•Elucidating lignin metabolism
in bacteria.•Discovery of new microbes and microbial consortia that degrade lignin.Plant …

The recent technological advances in next generation sequencing have brought the field
closer to the goal of reconstructing all genomes within a community by presenting high …

Numerous honeybee (Apis mellifera) products, such as honey, propolis, and bee venom, are
used in traditional medicine to prevent illness and promote healing. Therefore, this insect …

The utilization of lignin for fungible fuels and chemicals represents one of the most imminent
challenges in modern biorefineries. However, bioconversion of lignin is highly challenging …

To explore the unmapped biotechnologically important microbial platforms for human
welfare, the insect gut system is such a promising arena. Insects, the inhabitant of all …

Many eukaryotes are closely associated with bacteria which enable them to expand their
physiological capacities. Associations between algae (photosynthetic eukaryotes) and …

Metagenomics research has been developed over the past decade to elucidate the
genomes of the uncultured microorganisms with an aim of understanding microbial ecology …

Bactrocera dorsalis is one of the most economically important fruit flies around the world. In
this study, 454 pyrosequencing was used to identify the bacteria associated with different …

Lignocellulose, which comprises the cell walls of plants, is the Earth's most abundant
renewable source of convertible biomass. However, in order to access the fermentable …

Coarse woody debris is an important biomass pool in forest ecosystems that numerous
groups of insects have evolved to take advantage of. These insects are ecologically …